19 August, 2011

HP Discontinues webOS

http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/18/hp-will-discontinue-operations-for-webos-devices/
Link has a nice timeline of the relationship between HP and Palm. HP bought Palm in April 2010.
  • Did they buy Palm and sell it in less than one and a half years, hardly making any products with webOS? It's like buying something and not using it.
  • Was buying Palm an epically bad business decision?
  • What's going to happen to the TouchPad? 

Engadget interviews Stephen DeWitt, head of HP's webOS global business unit:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/19/the-engadget-interview-hps-stephen-dewitt-discusses-the-state/
From his answers, it's no wonder they're in this debacle. They need management with an idea of what they're doing. Apparently, HP's stock fell 25% in 5 days.

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